Matching
Match the correct word for each item.
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A | satellite nations | C | Cold War | B | iron curtain | D | containment |
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philosophical “wall” of Soviet domination and oppression of Eastern
Europe
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U.S. policy of resistance to Soviet attempts at expanding communism
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competition between the United States and the Soviet Union for power and
influence in the world
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countries subject to Soviet domination
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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IDENTIFYING MAIN IDEAS
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Disagreement over which issue made worse postwar relations between the United
States and the Soviet Union?
A | the future of Poland | C | the discovery of Russian spies in California | B | the United Nations
charter | D | Soviet sympathy for
Nazi Germany |
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Which of the following best describes satellite nations?
A | nations dominated by the Soviet Union | C | nations that belonged to
NATO | B | nations in debt to the World Bank | D | nations west of the iron
curtain |
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What did President Truman promise in the Truman Doctrine?
A | to support nations trying to resist Soviet control. | C | to reject the former policy of
containment. | B | to enforce the American foreign policy of brinkmanship. | D | to fight hunger anywhere in the
world. |
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At the Yalta conference, the leaders of the Allies, Roosevelt, Churchill, and
Stalin decided to ___________________
A | set up a world organization that would share knowledge of atomic
weapons. | C | divide the defeated Germany into four sectors—American, British, French, and
Soviet. | B | rearm Germany as soon as possible. | D | keep the Soviet Union out of the war with
Japan. |
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As World War II ended, a major disagreement between the United States and the
Soviet Union involved _______________
A | the wording of the United Nations charter. | C | Soviet domination and control of
Poland. | B | the role of Britain in postwar Europe. | D | the division of Latin
America. |
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The Soviet Union wanted to rebuild after the war in ways that would
_________
A | prevent the United States from building an empire. | C | establish a politically open
world. | B | provide markets for the products of its industries. | D | protect its own security, economic and political
interests. |
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In negotiating the peace at the end of the war Stalin was determined that
Germany would never __________
A | repay its American debts. | C | give up its nuclear
weapons. | B | threaten his nation again. | D | take control of the Mediterranean Sea. |
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For nearly 50 years, the Cold War was characterized by __________
A | the gradual decline of Soviet power. | C | American and Soviet
isolationism. | B | small battles worldwide. | D | political conflict and military tensions between US and
USSR. |
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Short Answer
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This excerpt is from President Truman’s “Truman Doctrine”
speech, made to Congress in March 1947. Read it, and then answer the questions
below.
“Nearly every nation must choose between alternative
ways of life. The choice is too often not a free one. One way of life is based on the will of the
majority. . . . The second way of life is based upon the will of a minority forcibly imposed
[forced] upon the majority. . . . I believe that it must be the policy of the United States
to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation [conquest] by armed
minorities or by outside pressures. I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own
destinies in their own way.”
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13.
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When Truman used the phrase “alternate ways of life,” what two ways
of life was he talking about?
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What did Truman mean when he said, “The choice is too often not a free
one”?
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Of the two ways of life Truman discussed, which one did the United States
support?
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How did Truman propose to show this support?
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